Spirit Defense - Associate Quality Engineer

Position Responsibilities

Develops processes, systems, and equipment to uphold quality, reliability, and system safety standards for company or procured products and services.
Provides review and analysis of quality system design to ensure the integrity of decisions impacting products and services.
Analyzes contractual, product definition, and specification requirements to develop or modify methods, procedures, and metrics for achieving quality standards.
Evaluates and provides dispositions for nonconforming materials, parts, and equipment.
Conducts scientific evaluations, audits, and analyses.
Tests and approves products, processes, equipment, and measurement systems.
Ensures processes incorporate configuration management and participates in design and product reviews to meet quality, reliability, safety, and business objectives.
Conducts research, benchmarking, and analysis to improve process capability and product quality.
Performs root cause analyses and supports corrective action implementation to address nonconformance issues.
Interfaces with employees, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with requirements.
Utilizes statistical methodologies to maintain or enhance safety, reliability, and process capability levels.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience)

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited Engineering program
• 2+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or a related engineering field

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance and Special Program Access (for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship)
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or a related engineering field
• Aerospace background
• Proficiency in technical writing
• Experience in strategic planning and operations
• Cum competence in conducting quality audits, including process and product auditing